Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids Chords by Cradle Of Filth
- Key: Bb
- BPM: 133
- Capo: no capo
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CRUELTY BROUGHT THEE ORCHIDS ACORDES
[Intro] Dm Bb F Dm Bb F D7 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] F D7 Bb F Dm7 E7 Dm7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dm7 E E7 Dm Bb Dm7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Dm Gm Bb Maleficent in dusky rose Gm Bb Gathered satin lapped her breasts Dm Like blood upon the snow Bb Gm A tourniquet of Topaz Gm Glistened at [Chorus] Dm Awakening pulled from the tomb Bb Gm7 Her spirit freed eclipsed the moon Dm She outshone as a fallen star Bb Cm Bb A regal ornament from a farflung nebular ■ Dm D Dm Bb Dm Her ■ ■ likeness hung in the black gallery ■ Am Commanding unease Am Demanding of Death to breathe [Solo] Dm D7 D Bb Cm Dm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D Bb Cm ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Dm Dm7 D7 Midst the whirl and daylight fauna Dm7 D7 Of society at court D Bb Cm Elizabeth bedazzled her presence sought applause Dm Though her torchlit shadow D Thrown upon damp cellar walls D Greeted nothing but despair Bb Cm Thirteen winter ■ solstices had shown Gm Her path that the dark Gm Had marked its dominion Eb F Spaying the confessor Cm Whose caresses she'd known Gm As whipcord in the House of Dog Eb Her cold cunt meat on holy bone [Chorus] F Dm D7 Raped of faith she now embraced Bb D7 The narcissistic unrest frozen on the mirror's face Dm With this disdain inside these veins D Highborn wanton that she was Bb Cm Dm She sought to keep what age would claim Dm Her soul was sold and for this toll D Reeking pyres ever smouldered Bb Cm Dm On the whims of one so in control D7 Dm Elizabeth mysterious Dm Cruelty brought thee orchids Bb From the bowels of the abyss Cm D7 Eb Gm Eb Once upon atrocity when ■ midwitches ■ stifled cries [Verse] Eb And carved abortive runes in reddened wombs Eb Exhumed by scrying eyes Eb Madness came upon her Bb Like an amourous lover's seed Eb Lifesblood splashed upon her skin Eb And to Her dead reflection Gm 'twas as if Her pallor gleamed Eb Like an Angel's warmed by candles Eb Where erotic stains had cleaved Gm Dsus4 Dm Eb Bb So demons dragged this libertine ■ ■ ■ Bb Lusts screaming for release [Chorus] Cm Eb Ab Fm Gm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Cm Upon the flesh of maidens preened Cm Exacting obeisance Cm Her gaze held a séance Cm Of spirits too trapped under glass to commune Ab A sleeter mistress than Luna Ab Whose threats to consume Her Fm Gm Cm Met with torments giving vent to Her swoon [Chorus] Ab ■ Flat on Her back Ab Packprey for the reams Fm Of verses and curses Bb That haunted Her dreams Cm Midnightmare chimed Cm Thirteen in Her mind Eb A disciple of scars Ab Ridden splitthighed Ab By the father of lies Fm An ovation of wolves Bb Cm Blushed the skies as they ■ writhed Ab But Heaven is never forever Fm She came a spent storm Bb Dm From the clouds ■ Dm Leaving serpents in office [Bridge] Eb Inside every gate Dm To lick righteous holes Eb Blinding Lords to the fate Dm Of virgins forced naked Dm To defile on rent knees Dm Hacked and racked backwards Eb Dm D7 Menses choking their ■ pleas ■ [Verse] D D7 More whore more D7 Twitching make me wet with thee D7 Carcass rub me raw [Solo] Eb Gm Eb Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Eb And to her dead reflection Eb 'twas as if her pallor gleamed Gm Like an Angel's warmed by candles Eb Where erotic stains had cleaved Eb Demons dragged this libertine Eb Lusts screaming for release Dsus4 Dm Eb Upon the flesh of maidens preened Eb As canvas for caprice Bb Cruelty and the beast D7 D F Dm D7 Cruelty and ■ ■ the beast ■ Dm Cm Dm D7 Cruelty and the beast D Bb Cm Dm7 Dm D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] D Yeah eegahh Cm Gm Eb F Cm Gm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] F Dm Bb Raped of faith she now embraced A7 The narcissistic unrest frozen on the mirror's face Dm Bb With this disdain ■ inside these veins A7 Highborn wanton that she was Dm She sought to keep what age would claim Bb Her soul was sold and for this toll D Pyres ever smouldered Bb Cm Whims of one so in control Dm7 Cm Elizabeth mysterious A7 Dm Cruelty brought thee orchids Bb Cm Dm From the bowels of thee ■ [Outro] Gm F D Am Bb Cm D ■ ■ From the bowels of thee abyss ■ ■ [End]